Ibrahim El-Orabi

Ibrahim el-Orabi (born 20 May 1931) was the Chief-of-Staff of the Egyptian Army from 1983 to 1987, succeeding Abd Rab el-Nabi Hafez and preceding Safey el-Din Abu Shnav.

Biography
Ibrahim el-Orabi was born on 20 May 1931 in Mahallat Abu Aly, Anglo-Egypt Sudan (present-day Egypt) near Mahalla al-Kubra in Gharbia. When he saw British Army trucks retreating from Nazi Germany's airstrikes during World War II, he gained a desire to join the military. El-Orabi graduated from the military academy in 1950 and also headed to the M.V. Frunze Military Academy in the Soviet Union for additional training. In 1952 he assisted in the Egyptian revolution that placed Gamal Abdel Nasser in power as the new president. In 1956 he fought briefly in the North Yemen Civil War and was appointed as a Field Marshal after the event, and in 1967 he took part in the Six-Day War. El-Orabi commanded Egyptian troops in the Battle of the Chinese Farms in 1973 alongside General Abd Rab el-Nabi Hafez during the Yom Kippur War, and in 1983 he was made the Chief-of-Staff of the Egyptian Army to succeed Hafez. He left office in 1987 and was succeeded by Safey el-Din Abu Shnav.